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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Seanwsmithm3 on 3/17/2018 & rated 93 points: Dark fruit, Liquorice and hit a of brett. Still some fruit, good acid and fine tannins. This wine aged beautfiully. Everyone loved it and it disapeared fast. Wish I had some more..... great winebid score. Well worth the $60 I paid for it. (1194 views) | | | Tasted by unrelenting on 2/2/2018 & rated 92 points: M Som fr Pinions, Aspen said they just purchased this a month ago ($180 for a $35 auction bottle) so provenance could be questioned. Our bottle was definitely end of life but showed a lot of evolution. I've had a lot of Santa Cruz mountain wine. It's the most age-worthy in CA. (1094 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 2/25/2012 & rated 93 points: 4th Saturday Group brown bagger (Rich & Dana's): Garnet core, showing some age toward the edge. Aromas of red currants, roasted beller peppers and black fruits. Well-balanced, with lovely dark fruit, plum and roasted herb flavors. Long finish. (3974 views) | | | Tasted by tyvoodoo on 4/10/2011 flawed bottle: Corked (3617 views) | | | Tasted by bobandkathy on 3/14/2011 & rated 91 points: Balanced, aromatic, black cherry taste and smell, still at its peak (3802 views) | | | Tasted by fredb on 10/27/2010: Dark red color. Aromas of plum, raisin, and cedar. On the palate, this shows raisin, plum, dust, currant, cedar, tobacco, and a coarse, tannic finish. This is a nice wine and drinks fine now, but I would prefer more red fruit or the coarse tannins to be better in check. Time may resolve that point, but I wonder how much fruit will be left when that happens. Drink. (2839 views) | | | Tasted by wpd on 2/8/2010 & rated 92 points: Dark purple, good fruit on the nose, dusty, cedarbox cassis and black fruit on the palate, complex, long finish. Aging nicely. (2996 views) | | | Tasted by saturnaisland on 8/19/2009 & rated 91 points: Very nice wine. Aromas of dark fruit and cedar. Smooth, well integrated, elegant. Good fruit flavours (dark cherry, currant) with hints of cedar and spice. Faded slightly after being open for a couple of hours. Alcohol level did not seem to listed on the label, but seems moderate. (1523 views) | | | Tasted by dougwine on 1/18/2009 & rated 94 points: It was great. Note is a week after having it. Aging very nicely. Wish I had 11 more! (1524 views) |
| Mount Eden Vineyards Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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